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Kelda Kelda, the owner of Yorkshire Water with 4,000 staff, is to be acquired by a consortium including GIC Special Investments and Infracapital Partners for £3bn. 26-Nov-2007 Kelda has won a contract from Northern Ireland Water Service to rebuild and operate four water treatment plants. 31-May-2006 Kelda is to sell its Aquarion water business in the US to Macquarie Bank for £491m. 27-Feb-2006 Energy Power Resources is to acquire the renewable energy operations of Kelda for up to £25m, including a wood-fired power station near Selby and a 31% stake in three chicken litter plants. 13-May-2002 Kelda is to acquire four New England water supply businesses from American Water Works Company for £162m, as part of a strategy to expand its Aquarion subsidiary in the US. 31-Aug-2001 Kelda is looking to spend up to £250m on the acquisition of water companies in the north-east of the US. 08-Jun-2001 Kelda has sold ALcontrol Laboratories, the environment and food testing business, to private equity group Bridgepoint Capital for £70m. 12-Dec-2000 Kelda has dropped plans to sell Yorkshire Water's assets to a mutual company owned by customers, and will now seek an alternative way of restructuring. 26-Jul-2000 Kelda is planning to sell Yorkshire Water's physical assets to a customer-owned mutual company for about £2.4bn, in order to help it finance a large investment programme. 15-Jun-2000 Kelda has won a contract worth £80m to provide new waste water treatment plants for the North of Scotland Water Authority, as part of a consortium with BICC and Earth Tech Engineering. 05-May-2000 Kelda is to conduct a strategic review of its business, which could lead to the sale of its core water operations. 12-Apr-2000 Kelda has acquired a 31% stake in Fibrowatt, the operator of three power stations that use chicken litter as fuel, for £6m. 09-Feb-2000 Kelda, formerly known as Yorkshire Water, has completed the £363m acquisition of Aquarion, the Connecticut water supplier, and is now seeking further acquisitions in the eastern US. 11-Jan-2000 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007